Thanks for the feedback folks, I think I will copy and save both photos libraries before deleting the old iPhotos library. Sam: Is there a specific terminal command / script that is required? Steve.
Sent from my phone On 29 Jul 2022, at 17:09, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: Photos’ library is easy to move, just drag it from your Pictures folder to your external drive and double click it. Then in Photos Preferences make sure it’s set to use that library as the system library, where iCloud will sync. It does mean that the background syncing of iCloud photos doesn’t work if the external drive is disconnected. For Music, I usually drag the Music folder (new iTunes library folder name) onto the external drive then use the Terminal to make a symbolic link back into the user’s home > Music folder so that iTunes/Music is none the wiser _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.com MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 29 Jul 2022, at 13:13, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group <[email protected]> wrote: At one point it did 'borrow' from the old one IIRC so unless someone knows better (more up to date) I would be cautious about deleting it altogether. Photos, iTunes/Music etc are not good at warning you stuff has got lost so things might quietly vanish. I'd create copies (even a cloned disk if you have one, and the time) and muck around with those to see if the photo count remains the same, etc. (Sam will probably turn up in a minute and say 'no, it's fine to delete it'...) On 28 Jul 2022, at 17:53, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group wrote: > Hi Smuggers, > As I prep for the arrival of the new MacBook I am trying to clear as much > space as I can on the iMac. > Planning to run Photos from an external HD and notice that there are two > libraries, it is my understanding that when I switched / upgraded, from > iPhoto to Photos that Photos took the data / images from iPhoto. > > If that is the case, I imagine I can safely delete the old iPhotos library. > > Am I correct? > > Cheers, > > Steve. > > Sent from my phone > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8739F011-CCF4-4F97-B0BA-806951FDF0B3%40btinternet.com. Cheers, Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/FEF770A9-7D34-498B-A643-0F81B714193F%40me.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/29CC3EC0-66AE-410D-8C16-E5F31E236062%40macambulance.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/DE453986-3EAB-4BA8-A602-54DCA57AF34B%40btinternet.com.
